[Tuberculous otitis media].
Tuberculous otitis media is a rare disease. Its diagnosis is often made late. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl presenting with a right chronic otitis media and a massive and painful cervical adenitis. High resolution CT-scan revealed cervical and mediastinal adenitis associated with extensive lesions involving the middle ear, mastoid air cells, and sphenoidal bone. The diagnosis of tuberculous otitis media was made on a positive tuberculin skin test and on the identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in gastric juices. The young girl progressed well after 9 months of antituberculous chemotherapy.
Hamouda
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Unité de pneumologie et allergologie pédiatrique, département de pédiatrie, hôpital Jeanne-de-Flandre, CHRU de Lille, 59037 Lille cedex, France.
Opsomer
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H
Delattre
A
A
Thumerelle
C
C
Flammarion
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S
Santos
C
C
Deschildre
A
A
D000293:Adolescent; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005750:Gastric Juice / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010033:Otitis Media / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents